Full steam ahead for USDA relocation, despite congressional concerns

Federal News Network: The Agriculture Department is moving full steam ahead to relocate two its bureaus outside of the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, even though the agency won’t release a cost-benefit analysis for the move until it chooses a final site.

But Kristi Boswell, a senior adviser to USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue, told Congress on Wednesday the agency was moving quickly to finalize a new location for two of its bureaus to “limit this limbo period of uncertainty” for the agency’s employees.

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